There was mounting 'mong Græmes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran; There was racing and chasing on Canobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have you JOHN BARLEYCORN. THERE went three kings into the east, They took a plough and plough'd him down, Put clods upon his head; And they have sworn a solemn oath, But the cheerful spring came kindly on, The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong; The sober autumn enter'd mild, And he grew wan and pale; His bending joints and drooping head JOHN BARLEYCORN. His colour sicken'd more and more, He faded into age; And then his enemies began To show their deadly rage. They took a weapon long and sharp, They laid him down upon his back, They fill'd up then a darksome pit And heaved in poor John Barleycorn, They laid him out upon the floor, They wasted o'er a scorching flame But the miller used him worst of all, For he crush'd him between two stones. And they have taken his very heart's blood, Thy fate thou now hast found. THE WOODLAND HALLO. IN our cottage, that peeps from the skirts of the wood, I am mistress, no mother have I; Yet blithe are my days, for my father is good, And kind is my lover, hard by: They both work together beneath the green shade, Both woodmen, my father and Joe; Where I've listen'd whole hours to the echo that made So much of a laugh or- Hallo! From my basket at noon they expect their supply, For the woodlands I love, and the oaks waving high, Though deep shades delight me, yet love is my food, As I call the dear name of my Joe; His musical shout is the pride of the wood, And my heart leaps to hear the Hallo! Simple flowers of the grove, little birds live at ease, I wish not to wander from you; I'll still dwell beneath the deep roar of your trees, |